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Jeremiah 24 Summary
The Vision of Two Baskets of Figs
God shows Jeremiah two baskets of figs set before the temple: one containing very good figs and the other very bad figs that cannot be eaten. God explains that the good figs represent the captives from Judah carried to Babylon, whom He will care for and bring back to rebuild and plant them, giving them a heart to know Him. The evil figs represent Zedekiah the king, his princes, and the remnant left in Jerusalem and Egypt, whom God will deliver to be removed into all kingdoms for their hurt, as a reproach and curse, and will send sword, famine, and pestilence until they are consumed.
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Key verses
Jeremiah 24:5-7
“Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.”
Jeremiah 24:8-10
“And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.”
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